Schiff Whines About ‘Cost’ Of Iran War As US Chokes Iran’s Economy

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The Trump administration said just hours before a crucial deadline that the war in Iran is practically “over” because of the current ceasefire. This assertion also pauses a very important deadline for Congress to approve ongoing activities in the fight.

The War Powers Resolution gave President Donald Trump 60 days, until Friday, May 1, to either cease the war in Iran or get Congress’s permission to keep it going.

A high-ranking person in the administration told the Associated Press that the U.S. and Iran have not fired at each other since April 7 and that the fighting has stopped.

A U.S. official also told Reuters: “For War Powers Resolution purposes, the hostilities that began on Saturday, February ​28, have terminated.”

Earlier Thursday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth argued that the ceasefire paused the 60-day clock.

“We are in a ceasefire right now, which our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire,” he said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

“I do not believe the statute would support that,” Democratic Senator Tim Kaine replied. “I think the 60 days runs maybe tomorrow, and it’s going to pose a really important legal question for the administration there.”